Building callouses and chasing goals

So hill sprints session tonight at the gch training session
Did 3x6 hill sprints of around 60m
Found them easy, powerful going up them,i dont get tired on hills in general
Then 1x6 downhills, didnt like these because the ground was uneven and i was a bit afraid of hurting my knees since i want to do squats tomorrow

Another track session tonight, definitely getting some speed back into the legs, it was similar to last fridays session but better in that we did more short sprints and less long ones
2x3 110m sprints at an almost flat out pace,walk back break,5 min break between the 2 sets
Then 2x220m ,these were just a struggle and i was too wrecked to even bother trying to run with good form
Still it wasnt a bad session at all

Tonight was MAX night at the weightlifting, my first time trying to max out on the oly lifts. And also the first time id had kevin coaching me since the second week,i think i did good

Did 2 reps per set of snatch until 40kg where i switched to 1 rep sets
Increased the weight by 2.5kg each time until i reached a max of 45kg
I missed 47.5kg twice, both time lost it behind me. Felt like i should have gotten it, There was some serious speed under the bar on the second attempt but still ,i failed in the recievin gposition i will get it next time though
Then clean and jerk, i still havent worked on the split jerk yet so all these were done as push jerks.
Did sets of 1 rep from 35kg onwards ,adding 5kg until i reached untill 50kg
after that I added 2.5kg untill i got a max of 55kg.
I missed 57.5kg twice and didnt have a hope of jerking 57.5 this time, got the clean easy on both attempts.
Was taught the split jerk tonight but wasnt ready yet to use it in my max lift,will drill the movement at some stage this week

Sprint session this evening,it was intensely cold out and i have a headache now
Did 3x60m sprint and 3x200m all pretty fast
It wasnt too hard and im improving every session

ah great weightlifting session was had,new pb's in nearly everything
Front squats
3x2 80kg
Felt challenging but i did it grand
Snatch
3x1 40kg
3x1 42.5kg
3x1 45kg
1x1 47.5kg PR
They just kept going up so easy so i kept increasing the weight
Clean and jerk
3x1 +2 40kg
6x1 45kg
Kept these light just to work on the jerk which im finding tough,i keep sending the bar out in front of me
Clean
1x2 50kg
1x2 55kg
1x1 60kg PR
Finished up with these just to make up for keeping the clean and jerks so light

So final prepartion for the connaughts on sunday

4x30m sprints from the blocks,plenty of break between each.
Need to stop myself from just kind of stepping out of the blocks

Well i naively assumed that since the weightlifters had been competing on saturday that todays session would be a light session so id be grand after racing at the weekend and wouldnt be left too tired after this evening,how wrong was i.... there was a lot of volume,and i was exhausted and feeling sluggish,i couldnt lift as heavy as i expected to be able to but all in all i'd say it was a brilliant strength building session and im definitely better off for doing it,i dont think ill go into college tomorrow though,ill be surprised if i can walk.

Hip snatch
6 sets of 3 @37.5kg
Tried 40kg but it kept slipping out of my fingers,i probably need to start using chalk when doing triples
Hang snatch (from above knee)
6 sets of 3 @37.5kg
Cleans
6 sets of 3 @60kg
last week 60kg was my one rep max on the clean but i was working in with one of the women and when she said she was going to use 60 or 62.5 i was just like okay i'll do 60 too even though i should probably have been doing about 55. I wasn't going to be unloading too much off that bar:o but she was strong!!!:eek: I nearly died on the last set although i'd lost count so theres a good chance i did 7 sets
Snatch pulls
6 sets of 5 @55kg
These were just excruciating,im lifting my hips too early and its turning into more of a deadlift but my back is sore anyway from yesterday as i was getting cramps all day while sprinting.

Didnt go running on wednesday night because i'd been up late after the nuig bal na gaeilge on tuesday and was exhausted,hit the gym today though

back squats
Warmup 1x5 @50kg,60kg,70kg,75kg
Then 4x5 @80kg wanted to do 5x5 but i knew there was a pretty good chance of only managing a triple on the fifth set and its quite hard to bail a lift in a normal gym and there wasnt a single member of staff around in the kingfisher gym that i could ask to help me out.
Clean
3x2 @50kg very simple
Power cleans
5x2 @50kg also very simple,was very surprised when i accidentally power cleaned 50 and then decided to finish the session with power ones because i could
Rack jerks
4x2 @40kg
Again very light but not that hard at all,just trying to get more confident and aggressive under the bar

A nice little session now today,helping my younger brother out with the very beginning of his strength training, a 4kg bar for him haha while he can do more i just dont want the bar to be completely weightless.

I used 15kg for the whole session
4x10 pushups
4x10 military press
4x10 bodyweight leg press
4x10 squats
4x10 deadlift from above knee, basically a hang clean pull
4x3 pullups from a dead hang

Went out on the bike for a quick spin as i want to start cycling again now that the weather should be getting better
But i dont remember it being so terrifying ,i was wobbling and gripping it too hard and anytime i picked up a bit of speed my nerves would be fried.
Did about 12km,my legs actually feel really strong on it because i did go up some fairly steep hills

3x3 jog,stride,sprint 30m,40m,30m
Was hard,but nesesecary for speed work, session will be getting more speed oriented from next week on

Right so heres the 2 videos...i just hope they arent seen by anyone who isnt boards or actually knows me in real life.....

The squat was my actual PR, i couldnt do the next weight incremement.
But the deadlift was the last one i used double overhand grip on and well it looked like a very easy lift when i watch the video,could probably have done reps of it

Deadlift:

Front squat:

I walk into the camera at the end of the first one and it takes a while for me to start the squat. I also didnt realise i fidget so much before i lift

Ill have to google that function,Im not used to taking videos of stuff.
I find i go from doing a lift very easy at one weight and then marginally increase it and i cant do it at all,like i couldnt even lift 115kg off the floor in the deadlift

Forgot to log my cycle yesterday!,it tired me out before running but it was worth it because the weather was just so good.
Did 14km at 23kmph which isnt great but not bad either considering
Probably wont train today though,gonna watch this irish match instead